Author: bfradmin
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The City of Richardson Talks About Their Trail Expansion
The City of Richardson is starting to realize that they need to really promote their bicycling friendliness. Over the past few years, they’ve made great efforts to improve awareness, expand the trail network and add traffic-calming bike lanes. However, aside from us at BFR and our cycling neighbors, folks in Texas rarely get to hear…
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema In Richardson Comes With Cool Bike Parking
The highly anticipated Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Richardson is finally open for business. Not only has this become one of the hottest destinations in town, it also has an amazing lineup of bike racks that are in the shape of film reels. Speaking of cool bike parking, the new Whole Foods in Addison has some very impressive bike…
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Updated Pics Of The Central Trail (South) Construction
Here are some updated pics of the new, southern link to the Central Trail. Construction is still looking a bit light, south of Belt Line. We’ll keep you posted on any new updates.
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Central Trail Construction (South) Coming Along Nicely
We’ve been keeping an eye on the construction of the southern extension of the Central Trail. Central Trail is the trail that runs parallel to Central Expressway, along the DART Rail Red Line tracks. Currently, it starts at Renner Road at Routh Creek Parkway (where it connects to the Spring Creek Trail), and runs south…
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Richardson Cyclists – 2013 Voter’s Guide
There is a city election coming up. Richardson residents must choose the office holders for City Council and, for the first time in many years, Mayor. The election will be held on May, 11 2013, but early voting will start as soon as April 29. Most of the positions are unopposed, but the Mayoral position…
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A New Breed Of Richardson Cyclist
What a nice surprise on my way home from work – I saw a small group of cyclists heading over to the Arapaho DART Station. They were taking the train into Dallas to be part of the Dallas Critical Mass. Read more about this at Suburban Assault.
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Mayor & Council Survey – Mark Solomon
Mark Solomon is running unopposed for re-election to City Council Place 2. Thank you Mr. Solomon for taking the time to give your perspective on cycling issues in Richardson.
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Mayor & Council Survey – Kendal Hartley
Kendal Hartley is currently the Place 5 councilman and is running unopposed for the Place 4 seat (Laura Maczka’s seat). Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, Mr. Hartley.
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Mayor & Council Survey – Scott Dunn
Scott Dunn is running unopposed for re-election to City Council Place 3. He is also a member of the Bike Friendly Richardson Facebook group and comments there from time to time. Mr. Dunn pointed out that although we did not ask about an east-west bicycle & pedestrian connection across 75 in the southern part of…
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Cycling For Libraries
Bike Friendly Richardson friend, Barbara Fullerton sent us an email wanting to share her cause: My name is Barbara Fullerton and I live in and cycle in Richardson/Plano area. This summer three librarians from Texas are participating in the Cycling for Libraries event in Europe. About 100 cyclists around the world were accepted to participate…